Ejector for records



H. FOLKES.

HECTOR F08 RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED IIILYI9. mu,

Patented J 11110 HER-MANN FOLKES, or taco-nun, NEW R T a EECIQR B; ecom I Application filed July 19,

T 0 all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, HERMANN Fonnns, a citizen of the United States, and resident of borough of Brooklyn; county of Kings, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful" Improvements in Ejectors; for Records. i

The. device the subject of this invention consists of a cabinet for retainingphohd graph records and particularly todisc type of record and for discharging or ejecting these records one at a time and inselected manner from the cabinet.

It has been found that the possibility of retaining records in a cabinet inthe smallest space makes therecords rather difficult of removal from the cabinet and in the past certain uite complicated, devices have been l employed for moving each record outward so that it can be engagedbythe fin-gers' and totally removed from the cabinet, andin; the past it has been expedient to provide an in-. dividual or independent ejecting means for each record. In my device will befound a Simple construction easy of operation. and one operable with any record and with records of different diameter. l

The following is what I consider the preferred means of carrying out the invention and the accompanying drawings should be referred to for a complete understanding of the specification which follows: I

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cabinet showing records in place and my device in operating position.

Figure 2 is a sectional view through the cabinet showing my device in side elevation.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

I have omitted the phonograph cabinet and the phonograph as well, as these parts or devices have nothing to do with the operation of my device, except that the cabinet encloses my device and the records contained therein and the phonograph employs them. I confine myself therefor to the means for storing and retaining the records and for making them readily available.

The means for storing the records consists of a rack or cabinet that may be enclosed in the larger cabinet a part of or the .Specification of Letters Patent. Patentea J n '6 1922 192 1.. ScriaINTo. 485,876.;

support for the. phonograph This; rackima y be provided with side members3 and 1 the top member 5. and. bottom. member, 6 which maybe ofwood andlof any size or design as shall be required 0. foundezgpedient. I

Spaced from tl ie top 5jis a bar or shelf 7 extending the full width of the cabinet and arranged transversely on; this bar a plurality of cleatsl8 parallel with each other alrildlfpgeferably continuous across the baror s e posed extension 9 extending the. f ull length o-fthe shelf 7 and also provided with cleats 10 arranged parallel with each other. and co.- incid ng in alignment with the cleats 8 above referred toand a. downward extension on lip 11 secured to. thelinember Qis provided with a felt bumper 12 againstwhich the periph cry or outer edge of the discsmay rest.

Upon the bottom of the cabinet as shown at therigh't in Figure 1, I arrange a plurality of'jcleats13.parallel with the cleats 8 and with each other and sopositio-ned that adisc S cured to the shelfir'. an angularly .dis+

record 14: when placed'therebetween will be l retained in a vertical position. resting with its edgebettaeenpairs of cleats 8, 1'Q.and13 an as i st hebumpe .125 i The re r s 1 are of a'large size; I may also provide to retain records 15 of a smaller diameter with in the same cabinet and while I prefer that the upper edge of all records in the cabinet should be upon the same plane I may provide 13 in retaining the lower edges of records in this instance the smaller records 15.

When a plurality of records is arranged as shown and described, the forward edges of all of the larger-records and the forward edges of all of the smaller records would coincide and the spacing between records is such that the fingers cannot be introduced to a suflicient extent to grasp theedge of the record. I have therefore provided means for moving individual records outward. The means consists of a bar 19 the inner end of which is turned downward and provided with a slot 20 adapted to engage the edge of a record. The bar continues through the thimble member 21 and terminates 1n a plate, handle or knob 22. I place i a spring 23 upon the bar with one end restto the thimble member 21 and the other end secured to the bar or resting upon a pin 25 extending through the bar.

Now, when the handle member 22 is pulled outward the recess 20 will engage a record and move it outward and when the handle 22 is released the bar 19 and handle and slot 20 will return to the position shown. a

Upon the shelf 7 a plurality of numbers are shown, these are index numbers and the pointer 26 secured to the bar 19 adjacent to the handle 22 and movable with the bar is free to pass over the index 27 and will indicate the number of the record to be moved. It is necessary to retain the thimble 21 and to cause the bar to pass freely above the records, to accomplish this I provide a rod 28 secured to the shelf 7 by any suitable means and extending the full length of the shelf 7 and into the sides 3 and 4 of the rack and secured to or formed integral with the thimble 21 is a traveler 29, a cylindrical or tubular member having one side cut away. This member engages the rod 28 and is free to move thereon and it Will be noted that a small portion of the sides 3 and 4 are removed as shown at 30 to allow the traveler 29 to project therethrough so that records arranged close to the sides 3 and 4 may be engaged by the bar 19.

In the index 27, the numbers may be arranged in any way desirable or letters or other indicating marks may be employed.

The rack may be arranged andadapted for records of the same diameter or one rack and ejecting means may-be arranged above the other and other modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the principle 'ing a rod, an open thimble slidable upon said rod, a thimble transverse of and secured to said first mentioned thimble, a rod passing through said second thimble and having its inner end curved and recessed and a spring upon said rod and adapted to be compressed "when said rod is moved outward.

2. The combination with a cabinet having a partition therein and means upon said partition for retaining records, of a guide rod secured to said partition at the side opposite said records, a sleeve movable upon said guide rod a second sleeve of box section and secured to and transverse of said first sleeve, a movable ejector rod extending through said second sleeve and having one end curved and the other end provided with a finger engaging means for moving said ejector rod in one direction and a spring upon said rod and secured thereto for moving the rod in the opposite direction.

3. A record cabinet and ejector therefor comprising a shelf in said cabinet and having an angularly disposed projection therefrom, a rod extending transverse to said shelf and having one end bent over and beyond said projection, a rod secured upon said shelf and extending longitudinally thereof a thimble upon said rod, and havingone side open, and a guide thimble upon said first rod and secured to the first mentionedthimble, and means for operating said first mentioned rod through said guide thimble. v HERMANN FOLKES. 

